LDF wants referendum on women entry to Sabrimala Temple

[ranjeet]

https://twitter.com/x/status/739412230077186048

Will "Godless" communists also conduct a referendum on Triple Talaq or government interference is only limited to Hindus in "God's own country"?

 

[Parul]

I'm for it. Women of all religon shall be allowed to visit religious places of their faith.

Haji Ali Dargha should also...

 

[T90TankGuy]

Women should be allowed to worship in any place that a man is allowed, enough is enough there should be a uniform civil code , we are not living in the 18 century. This subjection of women in the name of religion should end.

 

[nair]

https://twitter.com/x/status/739412230077186048

Will "Godless" communists also conduct a referendum on Triple Talaq or government interference is only limited to Hindus in "God's own country"?

Checked few local news sources, cant seems to find any article on this (not that i am doubting your source), but the chances are low, if kerala govt try anything like this the news channels wont leave them.......

Women should be allowed to worship in any place that a man is allowed, enough is enough there should be a uniform civil code , we are not living in the 18 century. This subjection of women in the name of religion should end.

Women are allowed in Sabarimala...... the only restriction is for those who are in the age between 10 and 50......

 

[Blue Marlin]

whos's ldf?

 

[nair]

whos's ldf?

The ruling coalition in Kerala......CPI(M), CPI,NCP,and few other parties

 

[T90TankGuy]

Checked few local news sources, cant seems to find any article on this (not that i am doubting your source), but the chances are low, if kerala govt try anything like this the news channels wont leave them.......



Women are allowed in Sabarimala...... the only restriction is for those who are in the age between 10 and 50......

you know the reason they are not allowed right?

 

[nair]

you know the reason they are not allowed right?

Well I have been a Ayyappa devotee for a long time, and regularly visit the temple during the season.......So i guess i know

 

[sankaraiyer]

I also feel that women must have their importance and freedom to worship in Temples as well. I hope it happens.

 

[nair]

A post by a Lady in FB:........ Found it interesting, and one of the perspective available....... There would be people who may not agree with her views, but worth reading...

Iam a Hindu Woman from Kerala and I don't want to go to Sabarimala....You will find hundreds of thousands of us in Kerala and elsewhere...highly educated, professionals, writers etc who will agree with me.....Why?Because...Kerala Hindu women have Temples and festivals exclusively for themselves...ours was a Matriarchal society where only the women inherited. We have a Temple where once a year the Preists there will wash the feet of every woman devotee who comes there because a woman is the representation of the Godess....we have a Temple in MAnnarashala where the Priests are exclusively women, We have Thiruvathira.......which is an exclusively women's festival...no men allowed in the vicinity...we have Pongala a pooja where lakhs and lakhs of women take part....in Trivandrum.....since the Temple cannot hold all these vast numbers...Trivandrum literally shuts down and it's streets are full of women...yes exclusively women........

Contrary to that ....Sabarimala....is the one place in Kerala which is exclusively for men.... This is where our men go together...it's a male bonding... Thing.. Fathers and sons, brothers,uncles, grandfathers all the male members in a family or community or friends...The whole community irrespective of caste, wealth, creed joins in....including the women...Yes...many of us keep fast with the men in our family.

These forty days are a source of great joy and peace for us.....in many homes....it is the only time of the year when men don't drink.....no non-veg food, every one gets up very early in the morning around 4:00 a.m, bathe, do your pooja....visit the nearest Temple......the family gets together....it brings family members in together......

Our men don't do this bonding by drinking, drugs or whoring
Instead it is through 40 days of detox... Every one is in it.. The women as well.

There is peace in society cos many alcoholics are detoxing... There is a bond not only in the family but in the community.You go for bhajans in the evening....again the family goes together. The community gets together.....very important in this day and age when everyone is working especially in Kerala.

After 40 days the men go to Sabarimala, sometimes taking their aged mothers with them and maybe the older children including gals who haven't yet menstruated..

The women have the home to themselves... 3 days or until the men come back to do as they please. What do they call this is modern terms.....? Yes.... men having their own space and women their own space and time out ...Well....we have been doing this for a long time....keeping our cultural ethos and values in mind while doing so..."



Source: https://defence.pk/threads/kerala-corner.99978/page-667#ixzz4AiQvX3qs

 

[livingdead]

Women should be allowed to worship in any place that a man is allowed, enough is enough there should be a uniform civil code , we are not living in the 18 century. This subjection of women in the name of religion should end.

I oppose any such move... only the trustees of the temple should decide who they allow. Temples are not public property or business.

 

[Bitter Melon]

Even if the trust opens up the temple, women will not go because those who are religious are also respectful of tradition. Those who are protesting are basically feminists who don't give a hoot for traditions or religion. That said I think Sabrimala temple should open up itself for women too cause there is no particular reason for Sabrimala to continue with this old practice.

 

[CorporateAffairs]

can we have a similer referrendum for Haji Ali?

 

[Bitter Melon]

can we have a similer referrendum for Haji Ali?

Haji Ali used to be visited by women and I have been there a couple of times myself. It is wrong to compare Haji Ali which is a dargah and considered shirk by majority of Muslims with Hindu temples. A somewhat more appropriate comparison is Mosques. First of all barring a few temples, Hindu temples have no restrictions for women. Those few which do have restrictions are not based on theory of inferiority of women but rather scientific principles. Watch the video of Sadhguru above for the reasons.

 

[CorporateAffairs]

Haji Ali used to be visited by women and I have been there a couple of times myself. It is wrong to compare Haji Ali which is a dargah and considered shirk by majority of Muslims with Hindu temples. A somewhat more appropriate comparison is Mosques. First of all barring a few temples, Hindu temples have no restrictions for women. Those few which do have restrictions are not based on theory of inferiority of women but rather scientific principles. Watch the video of Sadhguru above for the reasons.

First Haji Ali has not entry to women beyond a point.
Second Sabrimala has unrestrcited access to women since long time, except women at certain age.
Third go back to Google, and get some real data before you quote someone.